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Protostrix saurodosis

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae

Taxonomy
Minerva saurodosis was named by Wetmore (1921). Its type specimen is A.N.S.P. no. 9131, a limb element (distal end of left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lodge-Pole Trail, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Protostrix saurodosis by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1937), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Minerva saurodosis Wetmore p. 455
1930Minerva saurodosis Hay p. 352
1933Minerva saurodosis Lambrecht p. 618
1933Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 4
1937Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 85
1940Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 66
1956Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyProtostrigidae
genusProtostrixWetmore 1933
speciessaurodosis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2011-08-20 11:43:35
Modified: 2011-08-19 20:43:35
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Minerva saurodosis (type locality: 106325)